Igor (given name)

Igor
Igor of Kiev, first from right. Illumination from the Radziwiłł Chronicle
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	Protected
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Other names
Related names	Ingvar, Inga

Igor (Russian: Игорь ; Ukrainian: Ігор (Ihor); Belarusian: Ігар (Ihar) ) is a given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form Ingvar or Yngvar. Igor (son of the Varangian chief Rurik) conquered Kiev.

People

Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945
Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
Igor the Assassin, name given to one of the alleged assassins of Alexander Litvinenko
Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
Igor Andreev (born 1983), Russian tennis player
Igor Antón (born 1983), Basque / Spanish cyclist
Igor Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
Igor Cavalera (born 1970), Brazilian musician
Igor Chugainov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
Igor M. Diakonoff (1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
Igor Firzon, (born 1967), American software developer of Jewish Russian descent. Teacher of many former Soviet Union emigres in the software development discipline
Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
Igor Girkin, Russian army artillery veteran
Igor González de Galdeano (born 1973), Basque cyclist
Igor Kunitsyn (born 1981), Russian tennis player
Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
Igor Larionov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired ice hockey player
Igor Luzhkovsky (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
Igor Menshchikov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
Igor Nikitin (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
Igor Oistrakh (born 1931), Ukrainian violinist
Igor Olshansky (born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), Russian poet
Igor Sijsling (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
Igor Smirnov (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian composer
Igor Subbotin (born 1990), Estonian footballer
Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), Russian prince

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Igor (given name)

Igor (given name)

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